07 October 2008

Paneer is an Indian cheese n tastes yummy..i usually prefer to make paneer with full cream milk but since i cant find any good full cream milk here in Africa ...i have used the nestle milk powder .

take 4 tbspns(heaps) of milk powder in a boiling pan and add a big glass of water and mix it thorougly so that there are no heaps

now heat this milk until it begins to boil ..at this stage add one tbspn of vinegar and after few secs switch off flame . the result will look like the pic below - the paneer n the water wud've separated

filter this and spread the paneer on a plate..

cover the paneer with damp cloth and a place a heavy vessel filled with water and let it set for a min of 3 - 4 hrs.. i usually leave it for 6-7 hrs. then cut into pieces and freeze it..

leave the paneer at room temperature atleast 2 - 3 hrs before preparing...so that it is soft

now grind the onions n tomatoes to a fine paste n set aside

heat 1 1/2 tbspn oil in a pan and add the cloves n cardamom n let it splutter and then add the ground onion tomato paste.

keep stirring for a while n then leave it till the water from the paste gets dried . this will take around 20 mins...this step is very important as this gets rid of the raw smell from the onion-toamto pste

when the onion- tomato begins to stick then add 1/2 tbspn of oil n keep stirring

saute this for a min or 2 and then add the whipped cream to this and keep stirring for 3 mins and then add the paneer cubes ...make sure that the paneer is coated evenly with the paste n care shud be taken not to break the paneer cubes.

switch off from flame and transfer to another dish.

garnish with cashew nuts (optional)... here i have not used cashew nuts for taste preferences

hey pooja, the making of paneer got me nostalgic, all the reminiscence of mom making it rushed back to memory! i think i'd make that kathirikai kadasal for quick lunch/dinner from now on!n the pics r fabulous ;)

Bon Appetit !

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